Filing-cabinet



H. A. MARTIN. FILING CABINET.

APPLLCATION FILED JUNE 5,1914.

1 ,329,539, Patented Feb. 3, 1920.

amwutoz Haa/ on riin l vi tmwow M 75a Mu 45 1." ing. thevalue'machi'ne-as aflwhole and each vided witha consecutive printing counterfor printing-on the'tickets the number of the tickets issued tothexparticular station .tto Whiclrthedevice'is assigned. .Inthe'pat- Toall whom it may concern:

I other than in the disclosed :wherein .the invention is appliedpartlcularly to acabinet for nets, of which I Martin, one of these tionsas the a railroad ticket "issue tickets. noontrol-totahzmg mechanism foraccumulat- U IT D STATES PAT Ii-AAK'oiv A. MARTIN, or narrow, OHIO,ASSIGNOR TO THE ivATroiwAncAslHinneis'rna I comramrlor DAYTON, OHIO, ACORPORATION or onro,v (INCORPORATED m mosa Be it known thatI, HAAKON MAR'r1N, a citiZen-of the United States, reslding at Dayton, in thecounty of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and,,useful Improvements in Filing-Oabideclare the following to be a full,.clear, and exact description.

This invention relates tofiling or storage cabinets and has moreparticular relation to that class of filing cabinets used as a storageplace for devices oryarticles adapted 'to be removed for temporary useoutside of the cabine'tand subsequently replaced.

One of the principal objects of the invention is to provide means forthe convenient storage and handling of the articles filed in thecabinet. I

Another object is to provide means wherebyan article once having beenremoved from the cabinet cannot be replaced completely except by someauthorized person or persons, thereby indicating clearly which.ofsaid/articles have been removed.

. The present invention and the substantial parts thereof are capable ofvarious uses embodiment filing destination of control devices,.such asare described in two co--pending applications for Letters Patent ofthe-United States, filed by Haakon A. patent applications having-beenfiled February 6, 1915, Serial ,No;.6.490, and the other June 20, 1914,Serial No. 846,222. a

Referenceis made here to these applicapresent invention has a directrelation thereto. In the above patent application,,No. 6490 is shown anddescribed issuing machine havin mechanism for cooperating withdetachable .destination'or control devices to print and These detachabledevices also of the tickets issued by the device is pro- ISpecificationof Letters Patent.

Application filed June 5,

machine. being used SGCHtlVQ printing counters rILINe-cAB-INET; v I: m

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ing machine 18 shown and .describedf the to print; from the eon- Of theI destinastrip fora-udittion devices upon a detail a Patented iena fmzo. 1914. Serial No. 843,161. l r f ENT OF IC ing purposes as thedevices pass through the machine. ord, in the auditing machine onlyfromthose destination devices vwhich have. been used since the lastaudit was made bytheauditing machine, as it would, waste of time usedduringthat period. 1

One of the principal objects of the present embodiment of the invention,therefore, is to construct nation devices control of the auditingmachine,;ma'y' detect readily which of the devices havebeen withdrawnfrom thecabinetfor usein the ticket issuing machine.

' It is desirable .to make a recbe a useless, and a l to print trom the.devices not a filing cabinetfor thedestiso that the auditor, having Tothis; end. means are provided in the cabinet forpreventing the useddestination devices. from being completely reinserted into the cz tbinetso that these devices :will projectbeyondlthe devices which have notbeen used- I The disabling of these of the auditor, so that all of thedevices may be fully inserted aftera completeaudit is made by theauditing machine-from the destination: devices usedin ing machine.Withthese and incidental objects in view, theinvention consists incertain'novel fea; tures of construction andcombinationsjof parts, theessential elements of which are,

means is under the control the, ticket} issu- U set forth in appended.clain'1s,,and a preferred form of gembodimenfiof; which ishereinafterdescribed with reference to the drawings which accompany, andform part of the specification;v i

. Figure l is a front elevatienbf h net constructed, according to the:present. in-

vention, omitting some of. the slides for carry-ing their respectivedestination devices and the-plates, {preventing the complete .in-

sertion. of the.idestinatio wd after, zbeing withdrawn.

Fig. 2 is-Ja right;hand:sidei elevationof the cabinet, part ofthecasing; and parts 20f the interior ofzthe cabinet beinggbrolgen is oneof these away to expose the arrangement and construction of the cabinetmore clearly to view.

Fig. 3 is a detail top plan view of a frame and one of the devicespivoted thereon for preventing thecomplete insertion of a destinationdevice after it has been used.

Fig. 1 shows a top plan view and a View in side elevation of one of theslides for carrying a destination device.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2 of the above drawings, side plates 1 of theoutside casing of the cabinet are fastened on vertical bars 3 and 1which are rigidly connected at their upper and lower ends to flanges 6integral with casing. The back 9 of the casing is tened in a similarmanner to 3 which are bent to form a right angle. Vertical supportingframes or plates 10 are fastened to the top 8' and base 7 of themachine. The plates 10 are cut as shown at 11 (Fig. 2) and the cutportions 12 are bent to form laterally extending flanges upon whichplates or slides 13 are supported. The slides are cut at let 4) and thecut portions are bent to form a right angled projection 15, so that thesides of the bottom of the slides 13 will rest on the flanges 12 and thehorizontal portions of projections 15 will extend under the flanges 12to guide the slides. The flanges 12 have shoulders 16 (Fig. -l) whichare engaged by the vertical portions of the projections 15 on the slides13 when the latter are pulled forward to limit the movement of theslides and prevent their withdrawal from the cabinet. The slides 13 areprovided to carry the destination devices 17, whichare placed on theslides so that their rear ends engage vertical lugs or bent portions 18on the slides. The slides are moved forward and backward on theirsupporting flanges 12 by the finger pieces 19. Rearward movement of theslides 13 is limited by the engagement of vertical flanges 20 on therear ends of the slides with the forward edges of the sides 21 of aframe 22 which, as shown in Fig. 3, is formed in one piece and fastenedto the back 9 of the cabinet. There frames 22 in the rear of eachvertical row of slides 13.

The forward edges of the sides of each frame 22 are provided with slots23 (Figs. 1 and 2) into which projections 2 1 (Figs. 2

and 3) on pivoted plates 25 extend, the projections 24L serving aspivots for the plates 25. The forward ends of the plates 25, there beingone plate for each destination device,

rest upon the destination devices when the latter are in normalposition, 2'. 6., fully inserted. The uppermost destination device shownin Fig. 2 is in this position. I When a destination device is drawnforward by its slide 13 to withdraw it from the cabinet the the bottom 7and top 8 of the.

the rear bars device 17 passes out frombeneath its plate 25 and thelatter is rocked downward by the force of gravity until it rests on across rod 26, so that the forward end of the plate is held in the pathof the destination device, when the latter is reinserted to limit themovement of the device, but permits the slide 13 to be moved into normalposition and against the frame 22. In Fig. 2 the second destinationdevice and slide 13 from the top are shown in these positions. It canreadily be seen that the used destination devices project out of thecabinet when reinserted thereby enabling the detection of the devicesused.

The cross rods 26, there rod for each horizontal row of plates 25, aresupported at their ends in vertical bars 27 (Figs. 2 and 3). The outerends of a cross rod 28 supported at the lower ends of the bars 27, passthrough forwardly extending arms 29 of hell crank levers 30 fast on ashaft 31. The bars 27 at their upper ends support a cross rod 32, theends of which are journaled in the forwardly extending arms 33 of hell.crank levers 34 fast on a shaft 35. The downwardly extending arms 36 ofthe bell crank levers 3 1 normally enbeing one cross gage the back 9 ofthe casing to prevent the hand end of the shaft 31 is a hand lever 37which, when. moved clockwise, serves to rock the shaft 31 and the bellcrank levers 30, thereby raising the disabling frame so that the crossrods 26 elevate the forward ends of the plates 25 which have been rockedout of the paths of the destination devices, thereby to permit theauditor to push the used destination devices back to normal positioninto engagement with the lugs 18 on their slides 13, while the lever 37is held in disabling position. Arms 38 of the bell crank levers 3Oengage the back 9 of the casing to limit the rearward movement of thelevers 37 A spring 39, which is connected at one end to the second rod26 from the bottom and at its opposite end to a lug 10 on the base ofthe casing, moves the disabling frame and the hand lever 37 back tonormal position, when the auditor removes his hand from the hand lever.

For the purpose of preventing an unauthorized person operatingthe handlever 37 a lock ll fastened on the right hand side 1 of the casing isprovided (Fig. 1). The right hand side bar 27 of the disabling framecarries a stud 42 having a flat surface 43 over which the bolt 14: ofthe lock passes when moved bv the key 15 into lockingposition to preventmovement of the disabling frame and therefore of the hand lever.

While the form of mechanism herein shown and described is admirablyadapted to fulfil the objects primarily stated, it is to be understoodthat it is not intended to confine the invention to the one form ofembodiment herein shown and described, as it is susceptible ofembodiment in various forms, all coming within the scope of the claimswhich follow.

What is claimed is 1. The combination with articles or devices to befiled, of a cabinet comprising com partments in which the devices orarticles are filed, means normally held in ineffective position butmoved to effective position when the articles or devices are moved inone direction in the compartments whereby the articles or deviceswithdrawn and reinserted may be detected, and devices for returning saidmeans to normal position.

2. The combination with articles or devices to be filed, of a cabinetcomprising com partments in which the devices or articles are filed,means normally held in ineffective position but moved to effectiveposition when the devices or articles are moved in one direction in thecompartments whereby the articles or devices withdrawn and reinsertedmay be detected, and mechanism movable independently of the articles ordevices for returning said means to normal position.

In a cabinet of the class described, the combination of articles filedin the cabinet, a device released as each article is with drawn forpreventing a complete return of the article when reinserted in thecabinet, and mechanism operable to return said clevices tounreleasedposition to permit complete return ofthe articles.

4. In a. cabinet of the class described, the combination of devicesfiled in the cabinet, means released as each device is withdrawn forpreventing a complete return of the devices when reinserted in. thecabinet, mechanism operable to return all the released meanssimultaneously to unreleased position whereby to permit a completereturn of all of the devices, and a lock operable to prevent operationof said mechanism.

In a cabinet of the class described, the combination with devices orarticles to be filed in compartments in the cabinet, of a plurality ofelements, one for each compartment, for preventing the complete refilingof a device or article in a compartment after it has been withdrawntherefrom, operative means for simultaneously rendering said elementseffective to permit a complete return of the devices or articles, andmeans for pre venting operation of said common means.

11 a cabinet of the class described, the combination with devices orarticles to be filed in the cabinet, of a plurality of elements, one foreach compartment, for preventing complete refilinlg of a device orarticle in the cabinet, a hand lever and connec tions for operating saidelements to permit complete refiling of all withdrawn devices orarticles, and a lock inaccessible to the operator for said hand lever.

In a cabinet of the class described, the combination with devices to befiled therein, of slides one for each device, for carrying the devicesinto position to be withdrawn from the machine, pivoted elements, onefor each device, normally resting on said devices when completely filedand adapted to move into the path of the devices when the devices arewithdrawn to prevent complete refiling of the devices, and an operatingmechanism for simultaneously moving all of the operated elements out ofpreventing position.

8. In a cabinet of the class described, the combination with devices tobe filed in compartments in the cabinet, of pivoted elements, one foreach compartment, normally resting on the devices completely filed andadapted to drop into position to prevent complete refiling of thedevices, a frame comprising cross rods passing under said elements, anda hand lever for elevating said frame so that the cross rods will raisethe operated elements out of preventing position.

9. In a cabinet of the class described, the combination of devices orarticles to be filed in the cabinet, normally inoperative detents movedto operative position when a: device or article is withdrawn forpreventing complete return of the device or article, and means movableindependently of the devices or articles for returning the detents toinoperative position whereby to permit complete return of the devices orarticles to the In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in thepresence of two witnesses.

HAAKON A. MARTIN. Witnesses:

F. E. HAMILTON, J. B. Rrcnm'crs.

